The Return of the King
Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece,The Lord of the Rings. The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam...
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Concluding the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the final part of Tolkien's epic masterpiece,The Lord of the Rings.
The armies of the Dark Lord are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle agains the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780007149230 (0007149239)
Publish date: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
Series: The Lord of the Rings (#3)
Indeed a generation later one might hear an old gaffer in an inn, after a good pint of well-earned ale, put down his mug with a sigh: 'Ah! that was a proper fourteen-twenty, that was!' -The Return of the King, p.1001 So far Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings has been a tad exclusive: open largely to...
Im dritten und letzten Teil der „Der Herr der Ringe“-Trilogie wird die Geschichte zu einem Ende gebracht – und dies schon deutlich früher, als es der Erstleser erwartet. Bereits in der Mitte des Buches wird der Ringe zerstört und Sauron besiegt (habe ich jetzt jemanden gespoilert? Gibt es noch fanta...
Tolkien is a major writer of fantasy. I remember watching his amazing trilogy Lord of the Rings long time ago, and I still remember how much I liked it. Now I finished reading his trilogy and I feel nostalgic! Probably I'm gonna watch the movies again tonight!I loved the books. Recommended :)
When it comes to series or trilogies or anything divided up into separate parts, I always tend to enjoy the conclusions the most. It's especially so in a work like this one. All the threads of the story are coming together into a rousing climax, which is much faster-paced in the movie, but leaves a ...
While not strictly related to the books, I must mention that when I went to England one of my destinations was Oxford. While in Oxford I went and had a beer at Tolkien's pub, visited Tolkien's house (20 Northmoor Avenue, there is a plaque on the house that identifies it as such) and paid a visit to ...